Skua - Hartelpool Headland, UK (1 Viewer)

IanF · Sep 30, 2013

Seen this morning.

I think it's an Arctic Skua though it seemed more heavily barred below than the ones I usually see. I wondered if it maybe Pomarine?

No further photos - it was a long way out. Photos taken as it took off from the sea and headed away.

Stonefaction · Sep 30, 2013

I'd be tempted to say Pomarine, as it just doesn't have quite the same "feel" as the Arctics I've seen - it looks a bit bulkier and the overall colour is a lot blacker rather than brownish, but having yet to see a Pom I may well be wrong.

phil baber · Oct 1, 2013

Lack of double "under-covert" pale patch makes me believe it's not a Pom. Other features suggest to me a dark morph juv Arctic. My opinion. Please debate further...

IanF · Oct 1, 2013

Thanks for that. When viewing it I thought it was an Arctic Skua at the time. It was only on seeing the photos with the b&w barring that I wondered if it was something different as I'd not seen that before.

Skua - Hartelpool Headland, UK (1 Viewer)

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